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List of works by John R. Pluske

A Comparison of Diets Supplemented with a Feed Additive Containing Organic Acids, Cinnamaldehyde and a Permeabilizing Complex, or Zinc Oxide, on Post-Weaning Diarrhoea, Selected Bacterial Populations, Blood Measures and Performance in Weaned Pigs Ex

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A between-experiment analysis of relationships linking dietary protein intake and post-weaning diarrhea in weanling pigs under conditions of experimental infection with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

A comparison of the anatomical and gastrointestinal functional development between gilt and sow progeny around birth and weaning1

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

A high dietary concentration of inulin is necessary to reduce the incidence of swine dysentery in pigs experimentally challenged with Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

scientific article published on 7 June 2011

A modification to the isotope-dilution technique for estimating milk intake of pigs using pig serum

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

Acetylsalicylic acid supplementation improves protein utilization efficiency while vitamin E supplementation reduces markers of the inflammatory response in weaned pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic E. coli.

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Adverse effects of soluble non-starch polysaccharide (guar gum) on piglet growth and experimental colibacillosis immediately after weaning

scientific article published in December 1999

An increased ratio of dietary tryptophan to lysine improves feed efficiency and elevates plasma tryptophan and kynurenine in the absence of antimicrobials and regardless of infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in weaned pigs.

scientific article published in December 2012

Correction to: Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Development of Immune Cells in the Intestinal Mucosa Can Be Affected by Intensive and Extensive Farm Environments, and Antibiotic Use.

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Dietary Inclusion of 1,3-Butanediol Increases Dam Circulating Ketones and Increases Progeny Birth Weight

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Dietary enzyme and zinc bacitracin reduce colonisation of layer hens by the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira intermedia

scientific article published in May 2002

Dietary stimulation of the endogenous somatotropic axis in weaner and grower-finisher pigs using medium chain triglycerides and cysteamine hydrochloride

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Diets containing inulin but not lupins help to prevent swine dysentery in experimentally challenged pigs

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Direct experimental evidence that early-life farm environment influences regulation of immune responses

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Does the environmental background (intensive v. outdoor systems) influence the behaviour of piglets at weaning?

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Effect of diet type and added copper on growth performance, carcass characteristics, energy digestibility, gut morphology, and mucosal mRNA expression of finishing pigs

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Effect of dietary supplementation with inulin and/or benzoic acid on the incidence and severity of post-weaning diarrhoea in weaner pigs after experimental challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

scientific article published in January 2009

Effect of increasing the dietary tryptophan to lysine ratio on plasma levels of tryptophan, kynurenine and urea and on production traits in weaner pigs experimentally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Effect of mucin 4 allele on susceptibility to experimental infection with enterotoxigenic F4 Escherichia coli in pigs fed experimental diets

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Effects of Oxytocin Administration on the Response of Piglets to Weaning.

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Effects of chlortetracycline alone or in combination with direct fed microbials on nursery pig growth performance and antimicrobial resistance of fecal Escherichia coli

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Effects of feeding low protein diets to piglets on plasma urea nitrogen, faecal ammonia nitrogen, the incidence of diarrhoea and performance after weaning.

scientific article published in October 2008

Establishment of normal gut microbiota is compromised under excessive hygiene conditions

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Evolving technological change in pork production supporting expectations of improved productivity, sustainability and flexibility

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Feed- and feed additives-related aspects of gut health and development in weanling pigs

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

Feeding Conjugated Linoleic Acid without a Combination of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids during Late Gestation and Lactation Improves Pre-Weaning Survival Rates of Gilt and Sow Progeny

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Feeding a diet with decreased protein content reduces indices of protein fermentation and the incidence of postweaning diarrhea in weaned pigs challenged with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli.

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Feeding lactating primiparous sows to establish three divergent metabolic states: I. Associated endocrine changes and postweaning reproductive performance

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Feeding lactating primiparous sows to establish three divergent metabolic states: II. Effect on nitrogen partitioning and skeletal muscle composition

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Feeding lactating primiparous sows to establish three divergent metabolic states: III. Milk production and pig growth

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Gastrointestinal health and function in weaned pigs: a review of feeding strategies to control post-weaning diarrhoea without using in-feed antimicrobial compounds.

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

Gastrointestinal tract (gut) health in the young pig.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Intermittent Suckling Causes a Transient Increase in Cortisol That Does Not Appear to Compromise Selected Measures of Piglet Welfare and Stress.

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Intermittent Suckling in Combination with an Older Weaning Age Improves Growth, Feed Intake and Aspects of Gastrointestinal Tract Carbohydrate Absorption in Pigs after Weaning.

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Intermittent suckling with or without co-mingling of non-littermate piglets before weaning improves piglet performance in the immediate post-weaning period when compared with conventional weaning

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Levels of copper and zinc in diets for growing and finishing pigs can be reduced without detrimental effects on production and mineral status.

scientific article published in December 2008

Macroalgae culture to treat anaerobic digestion piggery effluent (ADPE).

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Neonatal oxytocin administration and supplemental milk ameliorate the weaning transition and alter hormonal expression in the gastrointestinal tract in pigs

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Nutritional influences on some major enteric bacterial diseases of pig.

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Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Piglet growth before and after weaning in relation to a qualitative estimate of solid (creep) feed intake during lactation: A pilot study*

scientific article published on 15 November 2007

Poorer lifetime growth performance of gilt progeny compared with sow progeny is largely due to weight differences at birth and reduced growth in the preweaning period, and is not improved by progeny segregation after weaning.

scientific article published in November 2017

Post-weaning and whole-of-life performance of pigs is determined by live weight at weaning and the complexity of the diet fed after weaning.

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Predation by Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) at an Outdoor Piggery

scientific article published on 08 October 2016

Prediction of apparent, standardized, and true ileal digestible total and reactive lysine contents in heat-damaged soybean meal samples

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Primiparous and Multiparous Sows Have Largely Similar Colostrum and Milk Composition Profiles Throughout Lactation

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Reduced growth performance in gilt progeny is not improved by segregation from sow progeny in the grower-finisher phase

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Reducing the length of time between slaughter and the secondary gonadotropin-releasing factor immunization improves growth performance and clears boar taint compounds in male finishing pigs1

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Restricting microbial exposure in early life negates the immune benefits associated with gut colonization in environments of high microbial diversity

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Socialising piglets in lactation positively affects their post-weaning behaviour

Supra-nutritional vitamin E supplementation for 28 days before slaughter maximises muscle vitamin E concentration in finisher pigs

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Technical note: novel delivery methods for an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection model in MUC4-locus sequenced weaner pigs1

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

The use of sorghum and corn as alternatives to rice in dog foods

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

The wheat variety used in the diet of laying hens influences colonization with the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira intermedia.

scientific article published in December 2004

Variation in digestible energy content of Australian sweet lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.) and the development of prediction equations for its estimation.

scientific article published on 24 April 2009

Vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids independently attenuate plasma concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines and prostaglandin E3 in Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide-challenged growing-finishing pigs.

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Whole body protein deposition and plasma amino acid profiles in growing and/or finishing pigs fed increasing levels of sulfur amino acids with and without Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide challenge.

scientific article published in December 2012